30 minutes of exercise- five days a week.
Really improved my energy. I have done this for years- on and off. During the "on" periods, there is significant and noticeable improvement in energy throughout the day.
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#22Switching to vegetarian diet. This gave me a huge energy boost for about 3 months. I wish I could recreate this experience.
Intermediate fasting 16/8. I skip breakfast mo to fr. This gives me lots of energy until late afternoon.
Alpha GPC and L-TYROSIN supplements for focus and alertness. Since I take those I can really easy go into the zone
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#23Meth
The only straightforward advice here is
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#24Daily runs (~5k 5-6x per week), vegetarian diet, consistent sleep/wake-up time.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does being caffeine free help? I drink a butt load of coffee everyday so that’s been my norm for a few years.
There's no definitive study that I'm aware of, but anecdotally many people have trouble getting to sleep if they consume caffeine too late in the day, and/or struggle to get out of bed before regularly consuming caffeine in the morning.
This study provides some interesting insights: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292246/
It cites another study, Orbeta et al:
> students reporting high caffeine intake are more likely to be tired in the morning than those reporting very low intakes
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#26Switching to a mainly plant-based diet, reducing the amount of sugar I eat, and regularly riding my bicycle.
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#27Switching to a mainly meat based diet, increasing protein and reducing industrially produced foods.
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#28Switching to vegetarian diet. This gave me a huge energy boost for about 3 months. I wish I could recreate this experience. Intermediate fasting 16/8. I skip breakfast mo to fr. This gives me lots of energy until late afternoon. Alpha GPC and L-TYROSIN supplements for focus and alertness. Since I take those I can really easy go into the zone
Just so you're aware, as I stopped taking Alpha GPC because of this, but Alpha GPC has been possibly implicated in adverse cardiovascular events.
"Recently, concerns have been raised about the potential of alpha-GPC to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) because it serves as a substrate for the synthesis of trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in the gut, and TMAO is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in people with CVD and in mechanistic studies.
A 2021 cohort study of more than 12 million participants (at least 50 years old), including 108,877 alpha-GPC users, reported that alpha-GPC use for at least 12 months was associated with an increased risk of stroke over 10 years. Moreover, a 2021 mouse study found that alpha-GPC supplementation promoted atherosclerosis.
However, the currently available evidence is preliminary in nature, so randomized controlled trials and large cohort studies are needed to confirm these findings."
https://examine.com/supplements/alpha-gpc/#what-are-alpha-gp...
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#29Cardio in the mornings. I used to work out mainly at night, and I still lift in the afternoons, but going on a jog or bike ride right after getting up is amazing. No matter how shitty it is outside or how much I do not want to drag myself out of bed, being outside and active for 30-ish minutes at the start of the day makes a huge difference.
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#30Staying completely free of caffeine and other toxics like that whether natural or synthetic.
How does being caffeine free help? I drink a butt load of coffee everyday so that’s been my norm for a few years.
Part of being feeling tired in the morning can actually be caffeine withdrawal symptoms. You start off in a low and need your fix to get back to normal. Once you get off of it, that normal becomes your normal again.
I was 2-5 cups/day drinker for years. I tapered down my intake over a month, but the first couple weeks of no caffeine was hard. I'd guess it took months before I really felt free.
I drink decaf most days now. When I have the occasional cup of real coffee ( 4 times a year), it gives me a good boost.